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GARVALD & BARA.]HISTORICAL MONUMENTS (SCOTLAND) COMMISSION.[GARVALD & BARA.

and is continued to the north-western slope.
Between the ramparts opposite the narrow neck
at the south a ditch has been dug 20 feet wide,
11 feet deep on the scarp and 5 1/2 feet deep on
the counterscarp. Some 12 feet from the outer
rampart there is the appearance of an outer
ditch, 12 feet wide and 1 foot deep, cut across
the connecting neck of ground for a distance of
76 feet. At the western arc between the
two inner scarps there is a slight terrace with
perhaps two excavated circular hollows dug
out of it. There are two entrances to the fort
10 to 12 feet wide which are carried through all
the defences on the south-west and on the east.
Some 9 feet inside the top of the inner scarp
at the south is a circular earthen foundation,
the internal diameter being 12 feet, the depth
at the centre 9 inches, and the thickness of
the wall 4 feet.

xvi. N.W. 29 May 1913.

53. Rampart and Ditch, Newlands Hill.-
About 600 yards south of Green Castle fort,
across the face of Newlands Hill some 200 yards
from its foot and at an elevation of 1200 feet
above sea-level, is a sinuous ditch with an
earthen wall on the northern or lower side
running for about 150 yards from east to west.
The ditch is 7 to 9 feet broad and 2 to 3 feet
deep and the rampart is 7 to 10 feet broad, 2 to
4 feet above the ditch and 3 to 5 feet above the
slope outside. Towards the eastern end of the
ditch a number of circular hollows, with a
diameter of about 5 feet, some almost contiguous,
are excavated to a depth of 1 foot below the
bottom of the trench.

xvi. S.W. (Unnoted). 5 June 1913.

CAIRNS.

54. Cairn, Whitestone Cairn, Harestone
Hill.-On the summit of Harestone Hill, at an
elevation of over 1500 feet above sea-level, is a
circular cairn of stones measuring 43 feet in
diameter and rising 3 1/2 feet in height at the
centre. Although the cairn on the south-
eastern side has been despoiled of material to
build an adjacent sheep stell and also a sur-
veyor's cairn on the top of the original structure,
the central part does not seem to have been
disturbed. Without excavation it is impossible

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to say whether the cairn is sepulchral in
character.

xix. N.E. 15 May 1913.

55. Cairn, Darned House.-About 3/4 mile
west of Darned House, and 100 yards north-
north-east of the Gifford and Priestlaw Road,
at an elevation of 1000 feet above sea-level,
on a greatly sloping piece of muirland, is a
cairn measuring 34 feet from east-south-east
to west-north-west and 30 feet across ; it is
3 feet in height towards the northern end
but is denuded at the opposite side. At one
part, where the grassy covering has been broken
into, the cairn is seen to be composed of stones,
which are cracked and broken up into small
pieces.

xvi. N.W. (Unnoted). 7 June 1913.

EXCAVATED HOLLOWS.

56. Small Excavated Hollows.-About a mile
north-east of Whitestone Cairn (No. 54) at
an elevation of about 1400 feet above sea-level
immediately above the brow of the hill over-
looking the Faseny Water from the north-west,
which flows some 200 feet lower and some 400
yards distant, is a series of five small excavated
hollows placed in a straight line, slanting down
the hill in a south-south-easterly direction.
They are situated 12 to 16 yards apart and
measure about 9 feet in length by 7 feet in
breadth, and 1 to 2 feet in depth. The ex-
cavated material has been thrown out to the
lower side making the edge of the hollows
fairly level all round. There is no appearance
of an entrance. They are too close for shooting
butts and seem to belong to the same class
of remains as the hollows near the Harelaw
Fort (No. 254).

xvi. S.W. (Unnoted). 16 May 1913.

57. Rectangular Foundation and Excavated
Hollow, Faseny Water.-Near the base of
the southern side of Newlands Hill, about 200
yards west of the Easter Mossy Burn, 100 yards
north of the Faseny Water and some 40 feet
higher, at an elevation of 1250 feet above sea-
level, is a rectangular area running east and
west, measuring 16 feet in length and 8 feet in
breadth internally and surrounded by a wall 5